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26. One died in 1998 when I was closing in on one and a half years old.

Reply to yardwork (Reply #4)

Thu May 28, 2026, 12:59 PM

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Rob Pilatus, dead at 33 (other reports say 32yo, as his birth year, either 1964 or 1965, is disputed)

Formerly half of Milli Vanilli

https://variety.com/1998/music/news/rob-pilatus-dead-at-33-1117469814/

Rob Pilatus, a former model whose career as half the pop music duo Milli Vanilli crashed in disgrace and drug addiction after it was revealed that the group lip-synched its songs, was found dead April 3 in a hotel room near Frankfurt, Germany, after consuming alcohol and pills, according to the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. He was 33.

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